#8E1D38#8E1D38

#8E1D38 is a dark, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.148 H 12.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E1D38
RGB	rgb(142, 29, 56)
HSL	hsl(346, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(346, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.6%, 60.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.62, 47.73, 13.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.62, 49.55, 15.60°)
OKLab	oklab(42.93% 0.1439 0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(42.93% 0.148 12.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.3098, 6.9169, 4.4275)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E1D38 #1D8E73

analogous

#8E1D70 #8E1D38 #8E3A1D

triadic

#8E1D38 #388E1D #1D388E

tetradic

#8E1D38 #708E1D #1D8E73 #3A1D8E

square

#8E1D38 #708E1D #1D8E73 #3A1D8E

split-complementary

#8E1D38 #1D8E3A #1D708E

monochromatic

#280810 #5B1324 #8E1D38 #C1274C #DA4B6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#8E1D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#8E1D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E1D38

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E1D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E1D38	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D3C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#595335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9C0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e1d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 29, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.148 12.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b5656e',
    500: '#8e1d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e1d38;
$custom-light: #b5656e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e1d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.664,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42928,
    "c": 0.14761,
    "h": 12.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E1D38

secondary

#4ABDA1

accent

#E9C03F

background

#FBF6F6

surface

#F7EBEB

border

#D0C6C6

text

#120607

muted

#817A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E1D38

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